Adverse effects of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines: the spike hypothesis

IP Trougakos, E Terpos, H Alexopoulos… - Trends in Molecular …, 2022 - cell.com
Vaccination is a major tool for mitigating the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic, and mRNA vaccines are central to the ongoing vaccination campaign that is …

SARS-CoV-2: receptor and co-receptor tropism probability

N Eslami, PS Aghbash, A Shamekh… - Current …, 2022 - Springer
The recent pandemic which arose from China, is caused by a pathogenic virus named
“severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)”. Its rapid global …

Oncogenic potential of SARS-CoV-2—targeting hallmarks of cancer pathways

A Jaiswal, S Shrivastav, HR Kushwaha… - Cell Communication and …, 2024 - Springer
The 2019 outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 has caused a major worldwide health crisis with high
rates of morbidity and death. Interestingly, it has also been linked to cancer, which begs the …

War or peace: Viruses and metastasis

M Bayat, S Golestani, S Motlaghzadeh… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2024 - Elsevier
Metastasis, the dissemination of malignant cells from a primary tumor to secondary sites,
poses a catastrophic burden to cancer treatment and is the predominant cause of mortality in …

Control of CDH1/E-Cadherin Gene Expression and Release of a Soluble Form of E-Cadherin in SARS-CoV-2 Infected Caco-2 Intestinal Cells: Physiopathological …

IO Osman, C Garrec, GAP de Souza… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
COVID-19 is the biggest pandemic the world has seen this century. Alongside the
respiratory damage observed in patients with severe forms of the disease, gastrointestinal …

Gas6/TAM axis involvement in modulating inflammation and fibrosis in COVID-19 patients

M Rizzi, S Tonello, D D'Onghia… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Gas6 (growth arrest-specific gene 6) is a widely expressed vitamin K-dependent protein that
is involved in many biological processes such as homeostatic regulation, inflammation and …

Biological effects of COVID-19 on lung cancer: Can we drive our decisions

B Aramini, V Masciale, AV Samarelli, R Tonelli… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
COVID-19 infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 is considered catastrophic because it affects
multiple organs, particularly those of the respiratory tract. Although the consequences of this …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 S and N protein peptides drive invasion abilities of colon cancer cells through TGF-β1 regulation

WM Ciszewski, LA Wozniak, K Sobierajska - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic led to the delay of colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosis, which
causes CRC to be treated at more advanced, often metastatic stages. Unfortunately, there is …

NK cell receptor and ligand composition influences the clearance of SARS-CoV-2

WC Hsieh, EY Lai, YT Liu, YF Wang… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
To explore how the immune system controls clearance of SARS-CoV-2, we used a single-
cell, mass cytometry–based proteomics platform to profile the immune systems of 21 patients …

Cytokines as drivers: Unraveling the mechanisms of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in COVID-19 lung fibrosis

L Zhang, X Zhang, X Deng, P Wang, Y Mo… - Biochemical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), like other viruses, can
induce proliferation of myofibroblasts and even lead to fibrosis in the lung. Epithelial …